Books by Phil Rickman
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review 1: Hmmmm I liked this but I would suggest it's weak compared to other books in this series. This one is focused on the book lovers haven of Hay-on-Wye and a long forgotten mystery there. The main story was about neo-nazis in the borderlands and I think there is a real story there bu...
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review 1: Set largely in the borderland of England and Wales centring around the activities of a bandit claiming the mantle of an earlier welsh patriot and who is further involved in a plot to dispose of Robert Dudley. For me, the introduction of Twm Sion Cati was a nice move since I had...
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review 1: Bringing the enigmatic Dr Dee alive is a challenging task, but I think Phil Rickman pulls it off. Although it veers into The Da Vinci Code territory at times, the misty and mysterious Glastonbury setting and exotic cast of Elizabethan characters (including HM herself - tantalisin...
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review 1: The Secrets of Pain is the 11th book in the reliable Merrily Watkins series about an insecure single mum who just happens to be the Diocese of Hereford's exorcist, or, as the fearful Church of England prefers in these sensitised times, deliverance consultant. Some of the props ar...
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review 1: The Poisoned Pen is a mystery book shop in Scottsdale, Arizona. When there in January, I bought Phil Rickman's The Magus of Hay. I discovered that he had also written this book and that it featured King Arthur, Dr. John Dee, and Glastonbury.It may be Rickman's hand with occult my...